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Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. This week's winner is Marc Kelly from Oakland, Ca. He listens to Weekend Edition on member station KQED in Oakland.

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld visits the Iraqi capital, arriving shortly after another suicide bombing in northern Iraq. The attacker killed himself and at least 10 others when he detonated explosives in a car outside a police station in the northern city of Kirkuk. Hear NPR's Michele Norris and NPR's Ivan Watson.

The new film Kitchen Stories opens in New York and Los Angeles theaters Friday. It's a Swedish-language film, but critics say its comic look at a Swedish study on kitchen efficiency will translate into any language. Los Angeles Times film critic Kenneth Turan has a review.

The Democratic presidential race has evolved into what is essentially a two-man contest. But Sen. John Edwards faces nearly insurmountable odds in taking the nomination away from Sen. John Kerry. Hear NPR's Scott Simon and Charles Cook, editor of the Cook Political Report.

Nonagenarian political activist Doris Haddock, better known to NPR listeners as Granny D, is still at it. Her core issue is now voter registration, but campaign finance reform remains close to her heart.

Senate investigators looking into pre-war intelligence failures are taking a closer look at the Pentagon's Office of Special Plans. Pentagon officials say the office was a policy-planning group. Critics say it was created to second-guess CIA intelligence on Iraq. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly reports.

A series of explosions rips through crowds at Shia shrines in Baghdad and the holy city of Karbala, killing scores of people celebrating Ashoura, one of the holiest days in Shia Islam. Authorities do not yet know who is behind the attacks. Hear NPR's Ivan Watson and NPR's Steve Inskeep.

NPR's Bob Edwards talks to NPR News Analyst Cokie Roberts about what the two leading Democratic presidential candidates have to look forward to on Super Tuesday, and whether Sen. John Edwards has a shot to gain momentum on frontrunner John Kerry.

Sen. John Kerry celebrates his near-sweep of the 10 presidential contests Tuesday, with some 1,100 delegates at stake. Kerry thanked his supporters -- as well as his rival, Sen. John Edwards. Edwards, who earlier complimented Kerry on his victory, will reportedly drop out of the race Wednesday. Hear Kerry, NPR's Melissa Block and NPR's Scott Horsley.

Even the savviest Medicare drug plan shoppers can get a shock when they fill prescriptions: That great deal on medications in fall is no bargain after prices go up as much as 8% by winter.